Why Do We Care About Design for Additive Manufacturing?

In this video from LiveWorx 2019, John E. Barnes shows that design for additive manufacturing is good for business. His team analyzed the costs of a hypothetical part that would be produced via powder bed fusion. They found that 86% of the cost of the part was driven by design, while only 14% of the cost was determined by the materials used to print it.

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Stolle Machinery Company LLC

Stolle is the world’s leading supplier of two piece can and end-making machinery for the global canmaking industry. Our high speed machines can be found in can plants around the world performing the value-added functions of the canmaking process. In addition to supplying individual machines, we design, install and support complete can and end lines for beverage and food cans.

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The Carbon Digital Light Synthesis 3D Printing Process

video | September 2, 2023

What gets us fired up about Carbon’s unique Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) process: the ability to produce even the most complex geometries and textures in end-use quality in-house, 25–100 times faster than standard 3D printers. This speeds up our already efficient product development cycle....

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When to Consider Additive Manufacturing for Your Applications

video | August 31, 2023

When to Consider Additive Manufacturing for Your Applications? Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions explains when to consider 3D metal printing (additive manufacturing) for your large parts and applications....

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video | August 31, 2023

Smart factories, sustainability, hyper-automation, supply chain complexities—the manufacturing shop floor is coping with a daunting list of disruptive challenges. Digital transformation offers powerful answers to those challenges. But navigating the chaotic landscape of digitalization solutions—commercial, homegrown, legacy, customized—could be the greatest challenge of all....

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iBase-t's Solumina Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

video | August 16, 2023

An integral part of iBASEt's Digital Operations Suite, the Solumina iSeries MES solution can play a critical role in the digital transformation of your manufacturing, quality, and sustainment operations. As a paperless production and quality system, the Solumina iSeries allows you to take control of your manufacturing operations efficiently with intuitive dashboards and automated data collection from 3rd party systems, unlocking the opportunity for greater productivity and performance across your manufacturing, quality, and sustainment operations....

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Stolle Machinery Company LLC

Stolle is the world’s leading supplier of two piece can and end-making machinery for the global canmaking industry. Our high speed machines can be found in can plants around the world performing the value-added functions of the canmaking process. In addition to supplying individual machines, we design, install and support complete can and end lines for beverage and food cans.

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